2019 (8) TMI 1896

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..... s Court, in the cases of B. Jayaraj v. State of Andhra Pradesh, [ 2014 (3) TMI 1104 - SUPREME COURT] and P.Satyanarayana Murthy v. District Inspector of Police, State of Andhra Pradesh and Another, [ 2015 (9) TMI 1666 - SUPREME COURT] , are in conflict with an earlier three-judge bench decision of this Court in M. Narsinga Rao v. State of A.P., [ 2000 (12) TMI 892 - SUPREME COURT] , regarding the .....

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..... R ORDER 1. The present reference, concerning the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, arises out of the order dated 28.02.2019, passed by a two-judge bench of this Court, wherein they expressed certain doubts as to the validity of the position of law as expounded by this Court in the case of P.Satyanarayana Murthy v. District Inspector of Police, State of Andhra Pradesh and another, .....

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..... treatment of the evidentiary requirement for proving the offence under Sections 7 and 13(1) (d) read with Section 13(2), Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the Court referred the following question of a law for determination by a larger bench: The question whether in the absence of evidence of complainant/direct or primary evidence of demand of illegal gratification, is it not permissible to .....

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